Window-shade hanger



(No Model.)

J. A. THOMPSON. WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

Eiy i NVENTOR ATTORNEYS;

-UNITED\ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. THOMPSON, OF HOWARD, KANSAS.

' WIN DOW-SHADE HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,783, dated November 14, 1893.

Application filed June 6, 1893- Serial No. 4=76,7 4- (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN A. THOMPSON, o Howard,in thecounty of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Win dow-Shade Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvementin window shade hangers, and it has for its object to provide a simple devicecapable of attachment to any window frame,'whereby a window shade and its brackets may be raised or lowered in a convenient and expeditious manner, so as toleave any portion of the upper or lower half of a window opening uncovered, and whereby also the shade may be placed whenever desired in its ordinary position at the top of a window frame; and whereby further no matter in what position the shade may be placed it may be manipulated as readily as when hung in the usual manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. V

Figure l is an inner face view of a window frame, illustrating the application of the device thereto, and showing the window shade as located near the bottom of the upper half of the window. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the shade carriage. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the shade carriage; and Fig. at is a perspective View of the slide section of the carriage.

The invention consists of a strip or slat 10, which may be made from any material, and may be plain or ornamental and may be of any desired shape. Ordinarily, however,the strip or slat, as its name implies, is made rectangular in cross section, and is practically of a width corresponding to the diameter of a rolled shade, while the length of the strip or slat is such that it will extend from one side of the window frame to the other. A guide rod 11, is located longitudinally at each side of the window frame. The upper portion of each rod is secured by means of a screw, or like fastening device, to the upper or top section of the window frame, usually where it con- 1 attachment being so made that a space of predetermined width will intervene the window frame and the opposing surface of the rods.

Brackets l3 ofany approved construction, adapted as journals'for the shade roller, are secured to the strip or slat l0, ordinarily near each end thereof; and a slide A, is located at each end of the strip or slat 10, said strip or slat and the slide constituting a carriage for the shade.

' The slide is preferably made of wire, and in its construction the wire is bent upon itself to form two loops 14 and 15, which loops are at angles to each other; and where the loops connect a coil 16, is formed in the wire. One of the loops, that which may be termed the outer one 15, is usually reinforced at its longer or vertical portion or section bya second stretch 17 of wire, the second stretch running parallel with the said longer vertical section of the loop; and the ends of this auxiliary stretch of wire may be coiled around the horizontal or upper and lower sections of the said loop.

The slides are applied in the following manner: Prior to'securing both of the ends of the guide rods l1, each rod is passed through the coil 16 of a slide section, the said section having sliding and guided movement upon the rods through the medium of the said coils. The ends of the slat or strip 10, are then passed through both of the loops, theback of thestrip being in engagement with the guide rods, and being held incomparatively close engagement by the spring action of the loops, which loops cross the upper and lower and front faces of the strip; and the slide sections are preferably solocated upon the strip or slat 10, that a curtain bracket 13, will be located between the loops, as shown in both Figs. 2 and 3. The frictional engagement between the slide sections of the slat and the guide rods is sufficient to hold the slat in whatever position it may be placed, against the tension exerted upon it by the rolling and unrolling of the shade; but the frictional engagement is so made that by drawing downward or pushing upward upon the slat it may be conveniently raised or lowered, or carried to any point across the. window between the top and bottom portions of the guide rods.- To facilitate the movement of the shade carriage, a handle 18, is usually projected downwardfrom the central portion of the slat, as shown in Fig.1.

It is obvious that by means of this attach ment the shade may be readily raised andi lowered so as to expose any desired portion of the upper or lower belief the window, or to-cover anydesired portionyor that if desired the shade may'beimade -to -cover'the entire window opening in 'theiordinary way. I

:Having thus described my invention, '1 claim as new and: desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A window shade :hanger, comprising guides adapted to be secured to awindow' frame, ashade roller carrying='bar,andslides fitted .to slideon the guides and provided with spring loops for receiving and holding the ends of the-said bar, substantially asfidescribed.

2. A window shade hanger, comprising} guides-adapted to be secured to awindowi.

frame, a bar provided with shade roller bear- .other and having sliding engagement with the guides, and a'bar adapted to receive the shade "roller bearings, which bar is passed through the loops, supported thereby and held in engagement withtheguides, as and for the purpose specified.

4. AS53111 improvement xin wi'ndow shade xhangers,-guides adapted for attachment tothe window frame, slides comprising loops arranged atangles .to each other and provided witheyes at their junction through which .the guidespass, and aslat or baradapted to carry the bearings of Fthe-shade roller, which :slat :or :bar is passed through theloopsof the slides and held in frictional engagement-with the guides, as and :for "the purpose specified.

JOHN A. THOMPSON. Witnesses:

HUGH HART, B. E. DAVIS. 

